Firearm.



A. J. SAVAGE.

HREARM. APPLICATION FILED MAY 13,1908.

'Patterned sept. 28,19 09.

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HREARM; APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 19.08.

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{Be itknown that'I, ARTHUR J SAVAGE,v of Chicopee'Falls, in, the' county otHampdenf 'and State of Massachusetts, have inf vented' certain 'new and usefullmprovements in'fFire'arms'; and Ifvdo hereby declare that the follmiing isa full, clear, and eXa'ct descrip-A tionthereof, which will enable othersskilled theart'to- Whi'chfit appertains to make V'and use-'the 'same'freferencebeing had to the 1 accom anfing'dfr'awin'gs, and to the.' charac` re erence marked thereon,.vvh1chfo1m partoff this specification.

I The object' of my present invention -is't'o provide ani automatically re-'loading fire arm,. which vis simple in construction and 'eiiicient inoperation.

vFi rel shows a longitudinal' vertical secl.tiona vievv ofthe, re a'rm-` with the parts in the tiring-position. 'F ig 2 shows asimilar section with the partsin the open position.` 'Figari-'3,14 and 5 .show details of the hammer angt in sundry positions. LFig. 6 is yinsection of the inertia' piece and'v its connecting or extension T part Fig. 'f is across section on lineA-,A of Fig., 6, s howingparticularly a handle. for manually operating the. breech block. F ig.l

' 8 is' a side elevation fromthe 'inside .of the portion ofgthe framev or. receiver 'which attaches tothe barrel, connection Wit-h portions of the barrel and magazine, and in connection with the mechanism normally mount#4 ed cna-nd separating with the barrel portion- 'JFig. 9 is`- atop' or plan j vieW- of Vthe breech' block in. connection with a portion of acartridge shell shown in connection -there.- With.. Fig. 10- is. asection on linelGr--Grl of Fig. 8', through the vbarrel magazine, inertia piece and otherparts.' Fig'. 11'is asection portion of the receiver or :trame,"the breech lblock and `other connectingp'arts. vFig-"12 gis asection on line D-D of Fig. 8A through the barrel portion 'of the frame.l Fig. 13 is a ,section on lineEfE of'Fig. 15 through the 4stop lportion of the frame, together with parts mounted thereon., Fig. 1st is a front "or face `end view ofthe breech block. Fig.

l5 is lan elevation from'the inner'sideof the;

stock portion of the frame, together -With .the

mechanism mounted on andsepa-rating 'With this part vof the. frame. Fig. 16. is an end View of the frame portion of the stock shown ,in Fig.' 15, as seen from 'theright end of Fig. l15'.

Referring to the re'i"erence letters' and'flgures in' a moreparticular description, 20 in-` dicates the barrel Whieh is screw-threaded into the forward -endof the'barrel portion v50A 21 of the .frame,`and. 22 is the butt` stock --Which is 'securedbymeans lof tangs to the vstockportion 2 8I ofthe frame or receiver.

The barrel, portion 21 of the lframe consists plate'21fb, together .With an enlarged or thickenedjend 'atV the front', as indicated'at 21?,

which receives the' rea-r screw-threaded end of the'barrel'a's Well-as the .rear end-of thetubular magazine 24 andl against the front 70 face of ,Whichis fitted the rear end of the forestock 25. The stock portion of the fra-me consists in the main of a side Wall 23?, a bottomf'plate'23 and a thickened Wallv at 23c from Which the-tang's carrying the' stock 75 extend vandgvvhichaffords a. shoulder at 26 against which the rear endoi' the -frame part 21. is adapted to tit. The for-Ward end of thel frame part' '23 is provided With a socket at 27'adapted to receive a projection 80 -28 provided on the part' 21?. This'sooket and projection at the front end in connection with the screw, 29 toward the rear serves -to secure lthe frame4 parts 21 and 23 together, and When vsecured together they 85 forma chamber to receive the operative .mechanism of the fire arm or the major portion thereof.

The breech block 30 is arranged to recipe roca-te` longitudinally with reference fto' the 90 -b'arrel in the' space immediately tothe rear of t-he barrel under the top plate21b and conined'betiveen the sideplates 21'a and -23". The rear end of the breech block is provided 4with a pin or roller 31, which is received in 95' i and'isunovable along'the longitudinally-ar! ranged slotl 32provided in the frame wall 21a." The forward end of the breech block is provided with downwardly` extendingprojection 30t Which contains lthe rearwardly 100 The inertia piece is moved toward it:s-for 1 10 ward'position and the breech block is opl-- eratedA and closed by the spring 2 7 coiled.

' about the tubular magazine which serves as frame.

a ,guide therefor and confined between the forward Jface ofthe part- 21 and the rear face of the inertia piece'. The extension or connecting part 35 of the inertia piece is arranged to operate in a groove or slideway 38 in the inner facevof the wall 21a of the This arrangementenablesthepro1 jection 34; to besupportedeffectively. The' breech block 30 is provided with a hook extractor el() 4pivotally mounted and held in cartridge engaging position by a spring 4l. The head of the cartridge as X is adapted to'bc gripped between the extractor ll0 on* the one side ofthe face of the breech block; and the hooked flange-42 on the opposite side. The ejector 45 is mounted in a removable base-plate 46 let into the wall 23 of the frame, and the ejector is adapted to be received in, and allowed to come in engagement 'with the cartridge head by the provision of, the groove 47 in -one side of the block.' In the breech block is also mounted the firing pin 50, which extends longitudinally through the length' ofthe' block and is reduced at its 'forwardlend to opera-te through a: small opening, as shownv in Figs. l and V2, to engage a cartridge While,

' it projects at the rear end to adapt-ittobe struck by the hammer. The springk 51 is providedywhich serves to retract.' the firing pm. l l

The hammer 52 is p1votally mounted either directly on the frame holding screw 29, or on a sleeve surrounding this screw, and is'adapted when the block is 'in closedposition to strike the rear end of the firing pin as shown in Fig. 1.`The hammer 52 is operatedby a spring'53 coiled around a sliding or reciprocating'stem 54, which, at one end, is provided with a conical head 55 atfordin a shoulder against which one end of the spr1ng'54 bears, and a nose or point engaging in a socket in lthe lower end of thel hammer 52. The for- Ward end of the spindle 54; is arranged to slide freely in an opening rovided 1n theA front end of the part 23, an the 4spring and spindle are're'ceived in a recess or socket- 56 in which they are well housed and still easily accessible and assembled lor removed,

Pivotally mounted at 57 .on the hammer 52 is the hammer pawl ,58. The part 58'has only a limited swinging movementfo'n the pivot 57 `.with reference to the, hammer and is held to `ltsopen position by a spring 59. The part 58,

thecatch's l oulders onthe trigger 62, which 'The arm may also be rea stop 72 pivotally mounted on the receiver part 23 at The cartridge stop is operated to its elevated ;or upxper' position, as shown in Figs. l and 15, by t e spring 74, and is adapted to be depressed by thebr'cech bolt engaging with projection 72". The cartridge stop hasl a cartridge vengaging shoulder 72a. The cartridges areffed back against the cartridge stop 7 2 by a. ma azine spring 7 5, together with a magazine ollower 76.

On the inertia piece extension bar 35 there may vbe provided a knob or handle SO, by means of which 'theL inertia piece and` block may be manually operated, there being provided, of course, for a suitable distance a slot through the wall 21a to permit the reciprocal movement of this knobin Vconnection withV the inertiapiece.

It is' obvious that the `can be. readily taken down by loosening t e thumb-screw 29, when the parts ofthe frame are separable `and the workin parts of the lire arm made accessible and argely readily removed for cleaning, inspection or replacing of parts. ily put to ether and secured simply by operating the t umbd screw 29.- l

When properly `assembled for use,` the magazine may be loaded from the-front end inl any" of "the 4usual nianners 'employed in connection with tubular magazines. Theollow'er and follower -spring will move the cartridges backwardly Vuntil the` rearmost cartridge becomes caught. onthe cartridge' 'stop shoulder 4'72. For the purpose of get'- ting the n into shooting condition, the operator w1 l operate the breech block'30 once by means of drawing back on the knob'SO. This movement compresses thel recoil sp1-ing 37, slides back the breech block until itcom'es to'a lstop against the end of the slot 32 or the shoulder mon the frame, when the front end of the breech bolt is swung downwardly by lio the action of thepin orprojection 34 in the camfslot '83. In its downward swinging 'movement the breech block first strikes the projection 72b on the top of the cartridge sto su ciently to throwtheA stop shoulder 72* out of operative position, when the rearmost tartridgey is Vimmediately moved backwardly until it strikes the breech block. The con# 'tinued 'swinging-downward movement of the.

72. Thisdepresses the cartridge stop a the breech block carrying With it projecting lfrom the front endthereof the cartridge.' Followingthe upward swinging movement y -of the forward end of the breech block thev 1'5 continued operation of thel `spring 37 then 'closes the breech 'block .and introduces fue cartridgeinto the cartridge chamber of the barrel. l 'VVhenthe breechl block is operated to open positionas before described, the rear end rides over and cams down `the hammer 52. Inthe 4first part'of-this' movement the block'runs on Ways 90,- which hold. up the' front end ofthe breech block until it has'l f nearly reached the liinit of its'ieciprocating movement. When the hammer iis eainmed dow'nit is caught in 'cocked position by either the shoulder on the hammer or'thefshoulder Gl'of thelhaminerpawl 58 engaging with one'of the two holding shoulders of the trig ger 62, depending-on whether the trigger is in one position or the'other. If the trigger is in the rear position, it will catch andIv secure the hammer in cocked ,position by operatingas shown in Fig. 4. If the trigger is released by the operator, the spring yGli then moves it to its forward position, disengaging it from lthe shoulder-61 and the nose of the 'trigger engaging with the shoulder If thetrigger be n'oW pulled, the lnose eingag'ing with the shoulder-60-Will lbe released,

the lrear 'end ofthe trigger engaging. with 'and elevating to soi'ne extent the rear "end -of thehammer -pawl 58 in effecting the release. `When released the hammer, of course,

-5 .will .strike the tiringv pin and the explosion 'will talre'place in thecartridge. T he recoil from 'the sh'ellv will blow back tli'eblock longitudinally, re-setting the hammer, which affords some resistance to the opening i'noye nient, .and bringing alongwith it the inertiav piece 36 and compressing the recoil spring 37,' Which furnishes additional resistanceto vthe opening of the .breech block.v

Before the breech block has reached the limit of Aits rearward increment, theY shell \held by. `the.eXtractoi'voir'Athe one sidev and a engaging with theejector on the other side is expelled through the opening `81 in the side 0f the frame. 'VVhen the-breech block has 60' reached thelimit of vits rearward movement 'y at the shoulder m-lv and the end of theslot 32,'

the continued rearward movement 'of' the in 'ertia piece 75 through itsinertia-'operating through the medium of the 'incline slot 33 65 and 'the projection 34 engagingv therein,

'ating the trigger 62.

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serves to swing down theforwaid 'end of the engage'with a cartridge on th'e'loading platform. lThen'themertia of all lthe parts has beenovercome, the spring 3T then comes into l 'operation and moves the inertia piece forward, .elevating the breech block and closing the same and `passing the cartridgeii'ito the breech block, release the cartridge stop and barrel as before described, at which time the firearm is again ready for shooting by opernient of the breech block is pire-vented until it has resumed its proper horizontal position bythe front end of the block .engaging with the .shoulder 91 on thefraine. This shoulder terminates at the Vupper lend at a point to The-l forward moyeallow the block ltopass it -when'in correct longitudinal position,

The automatic re-load'ing above described takes place so rapidly that theoperatl'or 'is 'l usually unable-to release the trigger intime tovagain secni'e the hammer, and on thisaccount the catch shoulder (Sluis aniinportant factor, in 'that 4it engages with the trigger when in normal tripped position to secure the hammer and provides for returning the trigger' to its normal unti'ipped posi-tion withoutreleasing the hannner.

Itis evident that many modifications and changes in and 'from the constructionherein 95 described mayv be made without departing from the invention described and intended -lVhat I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:V .a

V1. The combination in a tire arm of a bai'- rel, aframe, a longitudinally and vertically movable recoil operated breech block, an ineri-ia piece connected to the breech block and serving ,'to operate the breech block ver ticallysubstantially as set forth.

2. The combination in afre arm of a barrel, a frame, a recoil operated breech' block mounted to reciprocate and swing iu the frame, an inertia-,piece connected to the block for independent movement with reference to vtheblock and arranged to operate the block in its swinging movement, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in a lirev arm of a bairel,.a fra1ne,'a recoil operated breech block mounted. to reciprocate and swing in the frame, an inertia piece connected to the block for independent -movement with reference to 'thebreech block and arranged to operate the block inits .swinging movement, a recoil spring arranged'to operate the inertia pieceand'breech block, substantially as set forth.

,4. The combination in a ii'e arm of a frame, a magazine, a breech block, and block '12:3

operating mechanism arranged to allow the block to reciprocate longitudinally and swing downwardly at its forward end when substantially at the limit of its rearward move.-

-ment, a loading platform in the frame ar- `ranged on an incline substantially conformingawitnthe incline position of the block and Vonto'which the magazine is' arranged to de-4 liver and. arrange with reference to the reardownwardly-'swinging portion-of the breech block to 4deliver the cartridges to the breech block, and a breech block, actuated, movable,

cartridge stop at the Vrear of the loading platform, substantially as setiorth.

;5. The cbmbination in a fire arm of a frame, a barrel, a magazine., a breech block having means. for engaging and supporting va' cartridge projecting from its face, andthe breech block o erating mechanismarranged tot allow.- the b ockto reciprocate longitudi# nelly andswing downwardly at its forward end when substantially at the limitof its Opening movement, an' incline 'loading platform inthe frame onto-Which the magazine delivers cartridges and on which the car- Vdge,erign-ging means of the Ablocli engages tlie cartridge, and albreech block actuated 'movable cartridge stop at therear end of the'` platform, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination in a lire arm of a recoi'loperated breech block sliding and swinging in tlie frame and having an inclined cam' slot, andan inertia iece relatively movable with reference to th .connected Vwith the breech block in' 'said i'nclined slot, and a re-action, spring', substantialiy as set forth. Y. '7.' The combination in a fire arm of a barrel and frame, a recoil operated breech block mounted for lon itudinal and swinging movement in the rame and having an -in- .cli'ned cam and a firing pin mounted therein,v

an inertia piece connected to 4said breech block for relative movement in said cam, a

recoil'spring, and a spring pressed hamrger' operating in connection with the liriniijv and breech block, substantially 4as set forth.

8. The-combination. in afre arm of a bare breech block, andV the frame for reciprocating and 4swinging movement at its forward end, means on the breech block lor engaging and holding the frame in connection' with 'w iich the breech block is adapted to operate, a cartridge stop at the rear of 'the loadi 'platform and `ar ranged to be released by reech blocl'r, and a magazine supplying cartridges onto the loac ing platform, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination i1i.a fire arm of "a'barrel and frame, a" breech block mounted in the frame for reciprocating and swinging movement at its forward endg'means on the `forivard end of thebreech block for securing and supporting the cartridge rojecting therefrom, a cartridge lloading p atforin, a movable cartridge stop arranged to be operated by the' breech block, and a magazine supplying cartridges onto the loading'platfornnsubstantiall-y as set forth.

mer, a spring for operating. the hammer, a trigger havingl two catchf-honlde's' adapted to engage with the hammer and hammer ,.pawl respectively, and a spring for operating the trigger, substantially afs set forth.

EMMA S. Hnss'n, SARAH E. CLARK.

rel and a frame, a breech block mounted in cartridge projecting from the forwardlfacey thereof, a cartridge loading latform in the .10. The combination in a fire arm of a'v hammer, a hammer pawl hinged to the haml1. In afire arm, the combination of'a 

